What makes a good fell run? Good weather, testing course, good company and a
tent full of cakes, we had them all at Durisdeer with everyone having a very
enjoyable day courtesy of the organiser Adam Anderson and his ever present
family of helpers.

It’s a shame that this run for as long as I can remember struggles to
attract runners year after year and seems to be stuck on a good day to around a
field of 30. This year was no exception with 34 runners.

From the gun Tom Owens powered away and never looked back showing a clean
pair of heels to everyone coming home a very clear winner in a time of 1hr 28.14
mins. His nearest rival was Dave Eiser 12 minutes behind!! Alan Smith who is
only day’s away from his 50th, yes 50th birthday was
third in 1hr 42.06 mins.

Leading the females home also with a substantial lead was England
International Natalie White of Kendal AC in 1hr 52.52 mins. She was followed
home by Alayne Finlay of Ochil in 2hrs 04.09 mins and Julia Connor of Moorfoot
in 2hrs 06.53 mins

ADAC fell runners are struggling at the moment with injuries and only myself
and Nigel managed to make the start line both of course being the picture of
good health and athleticism!!! Nigel’s words not mine!! I managed to come home
9th in 1hr 53.23 mins and Nigel finished 25th in 2hrs
21.18 mins.

TIME

NAME

CLUB

CATEGORY

1

1:28:14

Tom Owens

Shettleston

M Senior

2

1:40:37

Dave Eiser

Ochil

M Senior

3

1:42:06

Alan Smith

Deeside

M V40

4

1:42:44

Adam Anderson

Carnethy

M V40

5

1:48:52

David White

Kilmarnock

M V40

6

1:50:01

Russel Anderson

Moorfoot

M V50

7

1:51:32

Chris Upson

Westerlands

M V40

8

1:52:52

Natalie White

Kendal

F Senior

9

1:53:23

Roger Irving

Annan

M V40

10

1:59:05

Les Turnbull

Norham

M V50

11

1:59:51

Alan Hunter

Ochil

M V40

12

2:03:41

Michael Diver

Clydesdale

M V40

13

2:04:09

Alayne Finlay

Ochil

F Senior

14

2:04:23

Gareth Gibb

Unattached

M V40

15

2:05:47

John Goldsworthy

Galloway

M V50

16

2:06:03

Duncan Riddell

Maryhill

M V40

17

2:06:53

Julia Connor

Moorfoot

F Senior

18

2:10:40

John McEwan

Ochil

M V40

19

2:14:23

John Telfer

Northumberland

M V40

20

2:15:32

Rob Stankiewigz

Norham

M V50

21

2:17:10

Neil Campbell

Carnegie

M V40

22

2:17:53

Colin Brash

Girvan

M V40

23

2:19:19

Alison West

Carnegie

F V50

24

2:20:03

John Littlewood

Carnethy

M V70

25

2:21:18

Nigel Priestley

Annan

M V50

26

2:25:15

Jo Schrieber

Girvan

F V40

27

2:25:19

Tilly Smith

Deeside

F V40

28

2:26:48

Fabian Thompson

Carnegie

F V40

29

2:43:52

Tony Stapley

Portobello

M V60

30

2:44:07

Ian Turner

MoffatMountRescu

M V60

31

2:51:18

Adam Anderson

Dumfries

M V60

32

3:16:08

Ian Lewis

CalgaryCanoeClub

M V50

33

3:34:06

Kenneth Reid

Unattached

M V50

34

3:34:07

Gillian Reid

Unattached

F V40

Durisdeer Hill Race

: 34 runners
entered the race in near perfect weather conditions. This is a record entry for
a non-championship year in one of the busiest race Saturdays of the year.The
course was in fine condition and as always a few are caught out by the steepness
and at times ruggedness of the apparent rolling grass covered hills of The
Lowthers.The catering department won the day providing a seemingly endless
supply of tea n goodies.Thanks as always to Moffat Mountain Rescue, volunteer
marshals and officials.

A Anderson

HART FELL HORSESHOE

Saturday 15th May 2010

Position

Competitor

Category

Time

1

Roger Irving

V

1:38:41

1st

2

Kevin Plummer

V

1:48:12

2nd

3

Andy Fairgrieve

V

1:50:00

3rd

4

Gordon Vivers

SV

1:55:20

1st SV

5

Ross Dolder

V

2:04:22

6

Nigel Priestley

SV

2:05:00

7 eq

Shirley Singh

FV

2:09:42

1st FV

7 eq

John Goldsworthy

SV

2:09:42

9

Ian Waude

SV

2:10:53

10

Jean Robson

FSV

2:33:05

1st FSV

11

Johnny Minto

V

2:50;00

With cool weather and runners experiencing hail
as they moved across Hart Fell, the weather could have been kinder, however, all
competitors returned times close to their previous attempts.

The only exception was that of our winner, Roger
Irving who slashed 5 mins 55 seconds of his previous best. Roger appeared
confident before the start and his time certainly reflected it. Kevin and
Andy had good runs to finish in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Kevin showed no
signs of problems of his previous injury and Andy very much involved with
serious triathlon training.

The first supervet was Gordon Vivers who is
running at his best with no obvious loss of form after running the London
Marathon( as was Kevin). Shirley kept John company on the way round to
keep him working, and picked up the Ladies Vet prize, with Jean again our 1st
Supervet Lady.

Ross and Nigel had good steady runs, the latter
being very close to his previous best. Congratulations to Ian Waude who set off
early, having not experienced the route before, and came back in a very
respectable time.

Thanks to John Robson for marshalling and Louise
Plummer for photos which are on ADAC in VIEW.

LATE NEWS

Unknown to the organiser, Johnny, for family
outing reasons, covered the route prior to the race by starting at 0530 and
getting round dry but cool. Johnny hasn't missed one so far, so it was good that
he managed round despite a lack of training recently.

SCREEL HILL RACE

Saturday 17th April

We were lucky once more at Screel and were blessed with a nice spring day to
do battle over this years slightly shortened course. Because of a recent tree
fell the Forestry Commission thought it unwise for us to run over the resultant
rough ground!!! Obviously the person reviewing the race route has no experience
of the type of ‘rough’ ground we are used to racing over and no amount of
reassurance from the race organiser would change her opinion.

The change in the route made little or no difference to the enjoyment of this
short but challenging run and there were no complaints from the runners.

In a field of 36 runners Alan Smith came home in first place just under the
half hour with a time of 29.59 mins. Second and third went to Will Horsley 30.25
mins and Sandy Bennet 30.28 mins.

First female was Phoebe Webster in 33.41 mins with Shirley Singh 39.16 mins
and Toni McIntosh 42.59 mins second and third respectively.

Adam Anderson back from a recent achilles injury pulled on the ADAC vest for
the first time and finished well up the field in 4th place with a
time of 32.13 mins.

9th and 10th places were taken by Roger 33.29 mins and
Andy 33.37 mins. Next home was Ranjit in 18th place 38.47 mins
followed by Nigel 21st in 40.05 mins. Once again our only female
competitor was Jean finishing 30th in 49.48 mins.

The next hill race is on the 15th May and is the Hartfell
Horseshoe.

LANGHOLM 5 HILLS RACE

Saturday 27th March 2010

CARNETHY SAT.13th FEBRUARY 2010

The first race of our championship this year was at Carnethy on Saturday 13th
February and although it was frosty with some snow underfoot the conditions were
okay. It is getting more difficult to get an entry into this race since it went
to online entry only with the result that only four of us managed to get in. A
near full capacity race of 487 runners started, 500 being the race limit, of
which 484 completed the course.